The Wreath: A Collection of Poems from Celebrated English Authors |
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... mind , Sophists ! of beauty , virtue , joy , the bane ! Greedy and fell though impotent and blind , Who spread your filthy nets in Truth's fair fane , And ever ply your venom'd fangs amain ! Hence to dark Error's den , whose rankling ...
... mind , Sophists ! of beauty , virtue , joy , the bane ! Greedy and fell though impotent and blind , Who spread your filthy nets in Truth's fair fane , And ever ply your venom'd fangs amain ! Hence to dark Error's den , whose rankling ...
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... mind decoy , " And innocence thus die by doom severe ? " O Edwin while thy heart is yet sincere , Th'assaults of discontent and doubt repel : Dark even at noon - tide is our mortal sphere ; But let us hope to doubt , is to rebel , — Let ...
... mind decoy , " And innocence thus die by doom severe ? " O Edwin while thy heart is yet sincere , Th'assaults of discontent and doubt repel : Dark even at noon - tide is our mortal sphere ; But let us hope to doubt , is to rebel , — Let ...
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... mind " Virtue has rais'd above the things below , " Who , every hope and fear to Heaven resign'd , " Shrinks not , tho ' fortune aim her deadliest blow . " -This strain from midst the rocks was heard to flow In solemn sounds . Now beam ...
... mind " Virtue has rais'd above the things below , " Who , every hope and fear to Heaven resign'd , " Shrinks not , tho ' fortune aim her deadliest blow . " -This strain from midst the rocks was heard to flow In solemn sounds . Now beam ...
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... mind with starting sounds annoy'd , A soothing murmur the lone region fills Of groves , and dying gales , and melancholy rills . But he from day to day more anxious grew , The voice still seem'd to vibrate on his ear , Nor durst he hope ...
... mind with starting sounds annoy'd , A soothing murmur the lone region fills Of groves , and dying gales , and melancholy rills . But he from day to day more anxious grew , The voice still seem'd to vibrate on his ear , Nor durst he hope ...
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... strain disclaim , " And give me back the calm , contented mind ; " Which , late exulting , view'd in Nature's frame " Goodness untainted , wisdom unconfin'd , " Grace , grandeur , and utility combin'd ; " 42 THE MINSTREL .
... strain disclaim , " And give me back the calm , contented mind ; " Which , late exulting , view'd in Nature's frame " Goodness untainted , wisdom unconfin'd , " Grace , grandeur , and utility combin'd ; " 42 THE MINSTREL .
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agen amid beam beneath blest bliss blood bloom bosom breast breath call'd chamomile charms cheer clouds dark death deep dread e'er earth Edwin eternal ev'n eyes fair fame fancy fate fire flame flower gale gentle gloomy glory grave groves hand heart heaven Hermit horror hour Hypochondria Indolence Innisfail light little bill lonely lov'd love lies bleeding lyre mind moping morn mourn Muse Musidora nature Nature's ne'er night o'er pain peace Philomela pity pleasure praise pride rage repose rills rise round rude scene seem'd seraph shade shore sigh sing skies sleep smil'd smile soft song sooth soul sound spleen Stamp'd strain stream sublime sweet tears tempest thee thine thou thro toil trembling Twas tyrant vale vext virtue voice wandering wave weary ween Whilst wild wild thyme wind wings wretch youth
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Page 117 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care ; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 222 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Page 173 - Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear, Whose bright succession decks the varied year; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil ; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand, To winnow fragrance round the smiling land.
Page 193 - Sent forth a sleepy horror through the blood ; And where this valley winded out, below, The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow.
Page 120 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 141 - By the wolf-scaring faggot that guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw; And thrice ere the morning I dreamt it again. Methought from the battle-field's dreadful array Far, far I had roamed on a desolate track: 'Twas autumn, — and sunshine arose on the way To the home of my fathers, that welcomed me back.
Page 181 - And calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold ; War in each breast, and freedom on each brow.
Page 169 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Page 177 - And haply, though my harsh touch, faltering still, But mock'd all tune, and marr'd the dancer's skill, Yet would the village praise my wondrous power, And dance, forgetful of the noontide hour. Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze ; And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore.
Page 182 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...